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margin-top: 1em;margin-bottom: 0;float: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #daddcc;"> <div class="feed__text-full-width"> <h3 class="field-content heading feed__item-heading"><a href="/news/headlines/2024/nov/ucl-aiims-new-delhi-and-iit-delhi-launch-partnership-scale-med-tech-innovation">UCL, AIIMS New Delhi and IIT Delhi launch partnership to scale up med tech innovation </a></h3> <p class="field-content feed__snippet">The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have launched a groundbreaking new collaboration with University College London to co-create pioneering solutions in the field of medical technology. </p> <p><a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-delhi-aiims-university-college-london-join-hands-medical-tech-healthcare-innovation-2638830-2024-11-23" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Read: India Today (1)</a>; <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/is-ai-the-key-to-personalised-learning-in-indias-diverse-education-system-2639137-2024-11-24" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">India Today (2)</a>, <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/ucl-aiims-new-delhi-and-iit-delhi-launch-partnership-scale-med-tech-innovation" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">More: UCL News</a> </p> <p class="feed__publish-date"><time><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-25T00:00:00+00:00">25 November 2024</span></time></p> </div> </article> <article class="feed feed__item feed--small-image caption-img media-coverage headline" style="padding: 1.5%; 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It is difficult to factor out biases due to education and, more generally, to familiarity with the whole idea of tests". </p> <p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article295986984.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Read: Miami Herald</a> </p> <p class="feed__publish-date"><time><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-25T00:00:00+00:00">25 November 2024</span></time></p> </div> </article> <article class="feed feed__item feed--small-image caption-img media-coverage headline" style="padding: 1.5%; margin-top: 1em;margin-bottom: 0;float: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #daddcc;"> <div class="feed__text-full-width"> <h3 class="field-content heading feed__item-heading"><a href="/news/headlines/2024/nov/can-ai-help-eye-health-diagnosis">Can AI help with eye health diagnosis? </a></h3> <p class="field-content feed__snippet">Professor Pearse Keane (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) explains how indications suggest that eye scans could predict signs of Parkinson’s Disease earlier than a regular diagnosis. </p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025hq2/click-inside-sydney-opera-house" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Watch: BBC Click (from 19 min, 21 sec)</a> </p> <p class="feed__publish-date"><time><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-25T00:00:00+00:00">25 November 2024</span></time></p> </div> </article> <article class="feed feed__item feed--small-image caption-img media-coverage headline" style="padding: 1.5%; margin-top: 1em;margin-bottom: 0;float: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #daddcc;"> <div class="feed__text-full-width"> <h3 class="field-content heading feed__item-heading"><a href="/news/headlines/2024/nov/language-used-mothers-affects-oxytocin-levels-infants">Language used by mothers affects oxytocin levels of infants</a></h3> <p class="field-content feed__snippet">Infants whose mothers regularly use 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